Car-sheathing.



H. U. MORTON.

GAR SHEATHING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17. 1908.

' 920,981, Patented May 11,1909.

. which t HARRY U. MORTON, or onrcaco, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 17, 1908. Serial No. 444,043.

' Patented May 11, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY U. MORTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Car Sheathing, of

he following is a specification.

In certain stylesof car construction, it is the present practice to sheath the car with flat metal plates, which are riveted or otherwise secured to the sides of the car in such manner as to expose the rivet heads, which practice is objectionable, for the reason that difficulty is experienced in cleaning the surface of the car, owing to the projection of the rivet heads, which furthermore are exposed to rust and the action of the elements, y reason of the irregularities in the exposed surface of the sheathing, due to the method of inserting the rivets. Furthermore, a car constructed in this manner is unsightly and presents a crude ap earance as compared with wooden sheathe cars of the ordinary type. v

The object of the present invention is to so construct and apply the sheathin that the rivet heads will e entirelyconcea ed; thereby greatly improving the appearance of the car and at thesame time. serving to protect the rivets against the, action of the elements and preventing the lodgment of dirt or the formation of rust around the rivet heads.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the end of the car, havin the sheathing-of the present invention app 'ed. thereto Fig. 2 a perspective sectional view, showin the formation of the sheathing, the belt ra' and the lower finishing strip; Fig. 3 a side elevation showing the'abutting ends of the two sections of sheathing with an insert applied thereto; and Fig. 4 a sectional view, ta en on line 44 of Fig. 3. Y

The sheathing isin. the form of a plurality of metal plates" 55', which, in ordinary practice, are about six feet long, each of the plates bein provided, alongits upper edge,

with an'o set 6, leaving an overhanging shoulder 7. The plate along its lower edge, is provided with a simi ar offset 8, leaving. an overhanging shoulder 9. The plates are formed to provide offset edges 10, leaving overhangin shoulders 11. The offset edges thus provi ed at the top and bottom and ends of the plates provide depressed flat attachin edges, whlch are provided with rivet ho es 12, through which are entered suitable bolts or rivets for securing the sheathing to thecar body. The rivet heads, along the top edge of the plates, are concealed and protectedby the belt rail 13 of the car, the lower edge of which terminates in an inwardly projecting obliquely disposed flange. 14 formed to underlie the overhanging shoulder 7. The upper ortion 15 of the be t rail is formed to provi e a sash rest for the windows, which upper portion terminates in a depending ange 16 which is secured by bolts or rivets to the frame of the car. The lower line of rivet heads, entered through the lower edges of the plates, is concealed by means of a protective strip '17, provided, on its upper edge, with an obiquely disposed inwardly extending flange 18 adapted to underlie the overhanging shoulderQ, and the strip is further provided, alongits lower edge, with an inwardly extend-mg flange 19, which is adapted to be bolted, riveted or otherwise secured to the under face of the lower portion of the frame of the car.

' In applying the sheathing to the car, the

plates or sections are riveted at the top, bottom and ends to the frame of the car, after which vertical inserts 20, having flaring sides I 21, are inserted to overlie the abutting riveted endsof the plates, which, when the plates are brought together, afiord a vertical channel of dovetailed formation, into which the inserts can be driven endwise in position to overlie and protect the rivet heads, and at the same time greatly improve the a pearance of the car. The belt rail is app 'ed in position to bring the inwardly extending ange 14 under the overhanging upper shoulder, after which the upper edge of the belt rail is secured to the frame of the car, which arrangement is such as to hold the belt rail against displaceme'nt at both top and bottom, and at the same time cover and protect the upper line of rivet heads. manner the lower protective strip 17 serves to cover and rotect the lower line of rivet In like heads, and a ords a neat and attractive fin- I ish for the lower edge of the sheathing, the inturned flange 19 serving to underlie and protect the car against the ingress of moisture between the sheathing and the frame of the car.

The invention is one which adds greatly to the appearance of the car, at the same time protecting the rivet heads at all points and permitting continuous plates to be employed in the sheathing of the car without any of the attendant objections which have been of a plurality of sheathing plates secured end to end to the frame of the car, each ofthe plates being provided, at its end, with an offset leaving an overhanging shoulder, the

' two shoulders of adjacent plates affording a channel of dove-tailed formation, fastening means entered through the offset ends, and insert strips formed to dove-tail into the channels between the plates, substantially as described.

' 2. In a car construction, the combination of a plurality. of sheathin plates secu-red.end to end to the frame of t e car, each of the plates being provided, at its end, with an offset leaving an overhanging shoulder, the two shoulders of adjacent plates affording a channel of dove-tail formation, fastening means entered through the offset ends, and vertical insert strips provided with flaring sides adapted to underlie the overhanging shoulders and dove-tail into the channels be tween the plates, substantially as described.

3. In. a car construction, the combination of a plurality of sheathing plates secured end to end to the frame of the car, each of the plates being provided, at its end, with an offset leaving an overhan ing shoulder, the two shoulders of adjacent p ates affording a channel of dove-tailed formation, f astening means entered through the offset ends, insert strips formed to dove-tail into the channels between the plates, each of the plates being provided wlth an offset upper edge affording an overhanging shoulder, fastening means entered through said ofl'set edge, a belt rail provided, along its lower edge, with a flange adapted to underlie the overhanging shoulder, and fastening means for securing the belt rail to the frame of the car, substantially as described. i

4. In a car construction, the combination of a plurality of sheathing plates secured end to end to the frame of the car, each of the plates being provided, at its end, with an ofiset leaving an overhan ing shoulder, the two shoulders of adjacent p ates affording a chan nel of dove-tailed formation, fastening means entered through the offset ends, vertical insert strips provided with flaring sides adapted to underlie the overhanging shoulders and dove-tail into the channels between the plates, each of the plates being provided with an offset upper edge aflording an overhanging shoulder, fastening means entered through said offset edge, a belt rail provided,

along its lower ed e, with a flan gc adapted to underlie the ovei hanging shoulder, and fastening means for securing the belt rail to the frame of the car, substantially as described.

5 In a car construction, the combination of a plurality of sheathing plates secured end to end to the frame of the car, each of the plates being provided, at its end, with an offset leaving an overhan ing shoulder, the two shoulders of adjacent pIates affording a channel of dove-tailed formation, fastening means entered through the offset ends, insert strips formed to dove-tail into the channels between the plates, each of the plates being further provided with an offset lower edge affording an overhanging shoulder, and a pro tective strip provided with an upper flange adapted to underlie said overhanging shoulder, and provided with an inturned lower flange adapted to be secured to the frame of the car, substantially as described.

6. In a car construction, the combination of a plurality of sheathin plates secured end to end to the frame of t e ear, each of the plates being provided, at its end, with an offset leaving an overhan ing shoulder, the two shoulders of adjacent p ates affording a channel of dove-tailed formation, fastening means entered through the offset ends, vertical insert strips provided with flaring sides adapted to underlie the overhanging shoulders and dove-tail into the channels between the plates, each of the lates being further provided with an offset ower edge affording an overhanging shoulder, and a protective strip provided with an upper flange adapted to underlie said overhanging shoulder, and provided with an inturned lower flange adapted to be secured to the frame of the car, substantially as described.

.7. In a car construction, the combination of a plurality of sheathing plates secured end to end to the frame of the car, each of the plates being provided, at its end, with an offset leaving an overhanging shoulder, the two shoulders of adjacent plates affording a channel of dove-tailed formation, fastening means entered through the offset ends, insert strips formed to dove-tail into the channels between the plates, each of the plates being provided with an offset upper edge affording an overhanging shoulder, fastening means entered through said offset edge, a belt rail provided, along its lower edge, with a flange adapted to underlie the overhanging shoulder, fastening means for securing the belt rail to the frame of the car, each of the plates being further provided with an offset'lower edge affording an overhanging shoulder, and a protective strip provided with an upper flange adapted to underlie said overhangm shoulder, and provided with an inturned lower'flange adapted to be secured to the frame of the car, substantially as described,

8. In a car construction, the c mb nation of a plurality of sheathin plates secured end to end to the frame of t e car, each of the plates being provided, at its end, with an offset leaving an overhanging shoulder, the two 5 shoulders of adjacent p ates affording a channel of dove-tailed formation, fastening means entered through the, oflset ends, vertical insert strips provided with flaring-sides adapted to underlie the overhanging shoulders and dove-tail into the channels between the plates, each of the plates being provided with an oflset ugper edge affording an overhanging shoul er, fastening means entered through said offset edge, .a belt rail provided,

strip provided with an up 15 along its lower edge, With a flange adapted to i I underlie the overhanging shoulder, fastening means for securing the belt. rail to the frame of the car, each of the lates being further provided with an offset ower'edge aflording an overhanging shoulder, and a protective Rer flange adapted to underlie said overhanging shoulder, and

provided with an inturned lower flange adapted to be secured to the frame of the car, I a substantially as described.

HARRY U. MORTON.

Witnesses WALKER BANNING, WM. P. BOND. 

